This happened again the next morning, and the next.
Then my father became uneasy. A letter had come
from Gold Hill, asking him where his report of the
mines was. They agreed that next morning they
would really begin the story; that they would climb
to the top of a hill that overlooked the mines, and
write it from there.

But the next morning, as before, Mark was surprised
to discover the brewery, and once more they went in.
A few moments later, however, a man who knew all about
the mines—­a mining engineer connected with
them—­came in. He was a godsend.
My father set down a valuable, informing story, while
Mark got a lot of entertaining mining yarns out of
him.

Next day Virginia City and Gold Hill were gaining
information from my father’s article, and entertainment
from Mark’s story of the mines.

APPENDIX D

FROM MARK TWAIN’S FIRST LECTURE, DELIVERED OCTOBER 2, 1866

(See Chapter liv)HawaiianimportancetoAmerica

After a full elucidation of the sugar industry of
the Sandwich Islands, its profits and possibilities,
he said:

I have dwelt upon this subject to show you that these
islands have a genuine importance to America—­an
importance which is not generally appreciated by our
citizens. They pay revenues into the United States
Treasury now amounting to over a half a million a year.

I do not know what the sugar yield of the world is
now, but ten years ago, according to the Patent Office
reports, it was 800,000 hogsheads. The Sandwich
Islands, properly cultivated by go-ahead Americans,
are capable of providing one-third as much themselves.
With the Pacific Railroad built, the great China Mail
Line of steamers touching at Honolulu—­we
could stock the islands with Americans and supply a
third of the civilized world with sugar—­and
with the silkiest, longest-stapled cotton this side
of the Sea Islands, and the very best quality of rice
.... The property has got to fall to some heir,
and why not the United States? Nativepassionforfunerals

They are very fond of funerals. Big funerals
are their main weakness. Fine grave clothes,
fine funeral appointments, and a long procession are
things they take a generous delight in. They are
fond of their chief and their king; they reverence
them with a genuine reverence and love them with a
warm affection, and often look forward to the happiness
they will experience in burying them. They will
beg, borrow, or steal money enough, and flock from
all the islands, to be present at a royal funeral
on Oahu. Years ago a Kanaka and his wife were
condemned to be hanged for murder. They received
the sentence with manifest satisfaction because it